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FeedPosted Sep 11th 2008 11:30AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Novartis AG ADS (NVS), Tyson Foods'A' (TSN), Analyst initiations, Symantec Corp (SYMC), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA)
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Analyst upgrades:
- Goldman upgraded shares of Novartis (NYSE: NVS) to Buy from Neutral as they believe the Alcon (NYSE: ACL) acquisition has diversified the company's business.
- Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) was upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight on valuation.
- JP Morgan raised Albermarle (NYSE: ALB) to Overweight from Neutral.
- BMO Capital upgraded Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) to Outperform from Market Perform.
- Synovus Financial (NYSE: SNV) was lifted to Buy from Hold at Sterne Agee.
Analyst downgrades:
- Morgan Stanley downgraded Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) to Underweight from Equal Weight based on the impact from Altria's (NYSE: MO) purchase of competitor UST (NYSE: UST), which may result in pricing pressure.
- Goldman downgraded AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) to Sell from Neutral as they believe shares do not support near-term fundamentals.
- Max Capital (NASDAQ: MXGL) was downgraded to neutral from Buy at Banc of America.
- AudioCodes (NASDAQ: AUDC) was lowered at Merrill to Neutral from Buy.
- Pinnacle Financial (NASDAQ: PNFP) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Baird.
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